title: Giant sacrococcygeal teratoma embolization.
abstract: Resection of giant sacrococcygeal teratoma with high-vasculature in newborns can be a fatal procedure due to massive bleeding of the tumor. Endovascular embolization of the arteries that supply the tumor may lead to minimal blood loss. We present a case of giant high-vascular sacrococcygeal teratoma type-1 that was embolized in an infant born at 35 weeks gestation. This procedure lead to a safe, surgical resection with minimal bleeding: 12 ml.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Interventional Radiology, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Via Pio II 3, 20153 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cariati
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tomà
keywords: Angiography; MRI; embolization; newborn; sacrococcygeal teratoma